So I’ll make a promise to you. I will not use ChatGPT to create content for this blog. However, I will leverage it for the sake of some fun and to prove a point.

Do you know what ChatGPT is? It’s an AI based program that generates content. And it is really pretty good at it.

The first thing I asked it is “what is machine embroidery”? And I got a very standard answer similar to what you would get from google or wikipedia.

But then of course I said, “what is machine embroidery in haiku?”

Needle swift, flows thread.

Colors blend, fabric comes alive.

Art of machine craft.

–ChatGPT

Not bad right? So then OF COURSE, I asked “what is machine embroider in limerick?”

There once was a machine named Sue,

That could stitch designs anew.

With its precise moves

It always improves,

Making embroidery look new!

–ChatGPT

By then I was on a roll and proceeded to ask it why I’m gaining weight, to compare and contrast Jesus and superman, how will humanity end, could it create a fake language that looks like English, and could it write a Python program that returns the largest odd number from a list. (By this time my husband had joined in, and the answer is yes, it can. And it did.)

But it refused to give me its personal opinion on anything, telling me that it is just a computer program.

With that out of the way, I started to think about how it might actually be useful. So my next question was “Discuss the pros and cons of organic cotton.”

And here I was surprised by how accurate and informative the answer was:

What was exciting to me is that this time, it DID draw a conclusion. Organic cotton is a more sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to conventional cotton. But it’s sometimes hard to get.

Well, let me tell you: that might not be exactly the way I’d say it, but it sure is accurate. And do you really need my particular voice on my blog? Well guess what. The next generations of this thing are already developed.

With enough input (say 10 years of blog posts) an AI program can start creating content that sounds like me. It can pick up patterns and ways of phrasing and imitation WAAAAY better than any human can (maybe even me.) And it will be able to write in my voice.

And ChatGPT is already in beta stage with a program that has a sense of humor. Don’t ask me how that gets developed. I barely understand how humans develop a sense of humor.

So while I can promise you that I will always write this blog, I cannot promise that I won’t dabble in new technology or ideas or fun. But I will always credit the author…even if it’s some faceless program. But I have no incentive to cheat or fool anyone. Others do. (Teachers, my heart goes out to you).

And other media? Good luck folks.

Be careful out there…things are gonna get weird really fast.